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That info should help you get a close replacement if not an exact replacement motor, that is all you will need to know if you deal with a seasoned counter man at Grainger or Johnstone.
you should be able to look at the fan blade to tell direction.

__________________________________________________ _______________________Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards". -Vernon Law-

Is the fan motor a single shaft or adouble shafted motor,Is the fan on the top or on the side?Most of the time you could probably use a universal motor,but if the system is 18 years old you probably should get it replaced because you could easily pay 300-400 dollars to have it fixed and close to 1000.00 for a new one.Not to mention the damage that could have been done,dependinh on how long the fan has been down.also it might just be the capacitor a 25 dollar part.

The motor is a single shaft sitting on top. I noticed it was running intermittently two, three days ago. It stopped working completely now. It was down for only a couple of days. Hope no major damage down. Trying to get it fixed now. I got two more AC working in the house, no need to rush a replacement. Will wait for a couple of years to get a higher efficient model replacement. The 14, 15 seer Trane model will cost me around $5000. Hope the price will drop, or get a Goodman unit.

If the motor is a single shaft sitting on top,then a universal 1/4hp motor should work for you.Any heating and air contractor should have one.Don't forget to have them check the capacitor,this time of year I have alot of them going out,a very simple fix.

I am having a local contractor coming to replace the motor, capacitor and checking/charging pressure. It is raining here and that keeps him from coming. He said he wants to measure the pressure in non-raining day for accuracy. (?)

I noticed there are two copacitors. One large, one smaller. Which one is for the motor?